Rosemary

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Cultivated as annual

Native distribution

Mediterranean

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Unknown

Description

Very aromatic species to 2m, with erect, ascending or, rarely, procumbent, spreading brown branches. Leaves 15-40 x 1.2-6mm, linear, coriaceous, green above, white-tomentose beneath, margins revolute, sessile. Peduncle and pedicels tomentose; calyx 3-4mm, expanding to 7mm, green pr purple-veined, sparsely tomentose; corolla 10-12mm, pale to dark blue, rarely pink or white. Nutlets brown.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6

Special characteristics

tender perennial